Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4316 03 Apr 2026, 11:32

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 25:12.798 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.219
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.266
And I update APT using apt 7.680
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.284
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.342
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.548
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.683
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
And persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.657
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.271
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.750
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.458
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.749
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.696
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.230
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
45.389
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.233
And the system is very low on memory 16.358
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.109
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.014
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.116
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.428
And I free up some memory 0.946
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.126
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.462
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.429
And all tps features are active 1.556
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.179
When I disable the first tps feature 3.242
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.721
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.948
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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14.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.182
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.842
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 2.480
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.230
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.376
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.640
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.920
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.054
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.661
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.003
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.350
When I write some files expected to persist 1.235
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.348
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 13.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.820
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.805
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 17.548
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.227
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.731
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.662
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 22.083
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.085
Tags: @product
1:1.276
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.093
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.208
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.756
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 29.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:7.877
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.742
When I enable persistence 21.463
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.777
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.757
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.531
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.623
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
When I cold reboot the computer 10.421
And the computer reboots Tails 40.734
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.176
Given I enable persistence 8.518
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.331
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.522
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:24.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.818
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 38.953
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.112
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.996
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product
50.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.621
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.633
Then persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.160
And all notifications have disappeared 9.505
When I delete the persistent partition 2.726
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.741
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.505
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.547
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
53.769
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.419
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.142
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.179
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.033
And all notifications have disappeared 8.852
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.267
And all tps features are enabled 1.419
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.221
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 41.434
And I enable persistence 25.597
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.722
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.669
And persistence is enabled 1.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.278
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.178
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.491
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.417
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.540
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.890
When I enable persistence 7.043
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.384
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.589
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.900
When I try to enable persistence 1.336
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.466
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.501
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.154
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.378
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.230
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.897
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 12.564
And all notifications have disappeared 9.701
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.224
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.569
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.265
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.367
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.169
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.953
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.079
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.317
When I try to enable persistence 1.398
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.201
When I log in to a new session 11.495
And all notifications have disappeared 10.253
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.502
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000